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Teach them once and for all what it is to make war on Rome.

3 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:50:07.144 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- If we make Romans of these barbarians, can we withhold Roman citizenship from them?

- No!

- Then what becomes of the precious prize Roman citizenship once was? It becomes a cheap, common thing. It will be given away like bread.

- I say no!

- We are Romans! Warriors!

- Let us rid our minds of this poisonous idea.

- Crucify their leaders. Sell the rest as slaves.

- Teach them once and for all what it is to make war on Rome.

- That is the Roman way.

- Honorable fathers of Rome!

- You have greeted me as a soldier, who came in small triumph from the wars. And I thank you for it.

- But you will have a hard decision to make here today! And it must not be I as a soldier swayed your vote.

- I ask, therefore, of Caesar, that a man who is neither soldier nor senator, but a philosopher, a man of reason, be permitted to speak for me.

[...]

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Sound Clip

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) Poster

Memorable quotes from the 1964 film The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), James Mason (Timonides)

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